H2H. Kristina Mladenovic vs Polona Hercog | Dubai prediction, odds, preview, pick

Dubai. Mladenovic and Hercog will square off in qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Kristina Mladenovic vs. Polona Hercog

Kristina Mladenovic and Polona Hercog will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kristina Mladenovic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kristina Mladenovic is the pick to win this match.
Kristina Mladenovic -> 1.72
Polona Hercog -> 2.00

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Prediction and head to head Kristina Mladenovic vs. Polona Hercog

This will be the 2nd time that Kristina Mladenovic and Polona Hercog fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hercog (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Hercog won 6-2 2-6 6-1 in the qualifications in the Dubai back in 2012.

Kristina Mladenovic

Ranked no. 37, Kristina reached the qualifications after beating Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, The French Player had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-1 6-4). During the match Mladenovic scored 67 points vs Paolini’s 49. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Talking about serving, Mladenovic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 46% of her first serves in, winning 68% (15/22) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Mladenovic broke Paolini 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).

Mladenovic has a unfavourable record in the last 10 years having won only 45% of her matches (566-705). 2-2 on hard in 2020. . In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mladenovic has a 223-219 record in the last 10 years on hard.

The French Player has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Dubai

Kristina lost in the semifinal 6-3 7-66 to Daria Snigur.

Polona Hercog

Ranked no. 43, Polona reached the qualifications after defeating Xiaodi You 6-3 6-3 and Xinyun Han 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, Hercog had a good straight sets win against Han (6-2 6-4). During the match Hercog scored 59 points vs Han’s 38. Polona was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Hercog scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Polona Hercog was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Slovenian broke Han 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovenian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Hercog has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 46% of her matches (416-487). 3-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hercog has a 197-184 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

The Slovenian has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Dubai

Polona lost in the 1st round 6-3 6-2 to Stefanie Voegele.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mladenovic Hercog
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 17 36
Pts 67-49 130-90
Total Points 116 220
Winners 15 40
%Winners 22% 31%

Mladenovic played 1 match while Hercog competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Mladenovic has played 2 sets less than Hercog (2 vs 4). Therefore, Mladenovic played 19 games less than Hercog. Mladenovic scored 15 winners (22% on total points). On the other side, Polona blasted 40 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mladenovic Hercog
Aces 2 2
Avg per match 2 1
1st in 22/48 48/102
%1st in 46% 47%
1st pts 15/22 40/48
%1st pts 68% 83%
2nd pts 12/26 26/54
%2nd pts 46% 48%

Mladenovic blasted 2 aces . Hercog blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Mladenovic won 68% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Hercog won 83% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mladenovic Hercog
Won 7 11
Converted 7/16 11/19
% Converted 44% 58%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3 1
% Saved 50% 17%
Times Broken 3 5

Mladenovic broke her opponent 7 times with 44% conversion rate. Kristina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Hercog broke her opponents 11 times with 58% conversion rate. Polona conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded.

Mladenovic
Q1
Paolini		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 67-49 67-49
Total points 116 116
Winners 15 15
%Winners 22% 22%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 22/48 22/48
% 1st in 46% 46%
1st pts 15/22 15/22
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 12/26 12/26
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/16 7/16
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 200
Hercog
Q1
You		 Q2
Han		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 18 36
pts 71-52 59-38 130-90
Total points 123 97 220
Winners 21 19 40
%Winners 30% 32% 31%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2
Double Faults 10 2 12
1st in 25/60 23/42 48/102
% 1st in 42% 55% 47%
1st pts 21/25 19/23 40/48
% 1st pts 84% 83% 83%
2nd pts 15/35 11/19 26/54
% 2nd pts 43% 58% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/11 5/8 11/19
Converted % 55% 63% 58%
Conceded 3 3 6
Saved 0/3 1/3 1
Saved % 0% 33% 33%
Times Broken 3 2 150

Head 2 Head

Kristina Mladenovic
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 7ITF
  • 0Minor
Polona Hercog
  • 0Slam
  • 3Main
  • 16ITF
  • 3Minor

Kristina
Mladenovic

1:1

Polona
Hercog

Rank

252

High

10

1Hard1

Rank

200

High

35

Win Loss
Mladenovic
WWWLWLLLWL
Hercog
WWWLWLWWLL
2024 2023 2022
8 - 7
18 - 9
3-3
I Hard
2-4
5-3
Clay
16-5

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